I know! I got my hopes up all the way through that, thinking finally there would be a way to not have to describe my symptoms of a yeast infection to the awkward male receptionist at my doctor's office just to get through to my dr...but no.

Kinda makes me laugh that two people corrected you, saying that it's toilet paper. As though you were serious.

Wow, this video is incredibly! Way to go, Lindy!!!

I appreciate your input, and I don't think you came off as inflammatory. But I should warn you that you may receive some criticism for advocating the BMI for individual use, as it is was designed to be a measure for populations and not for individuals.

I don't know, have you seen guys grinding at a club? I don't think anybody would say they're being funny- it's definitely pretty sexual.

I am relatively thin and, while my doctor does not specifically talk about weight, as in the numbers, whenever I go for a physical she asks me about what type of exercise I do and encourages me to be physically active. I am not claiming that this is the same information that is presented to overweight patients, but…

Was your friend a guy? It seems to me that male nudity, especially streaking, is not a sexualized activity, but rather one to elicit a reaction of, "Wow, look how crazy and daring that guy is!" while something like twerking (especially how it was portrayed in the video) is much more sexualized.

I wonder if schools ever address internet behavior with students, like maybe as a part of a health class or something. If not, it seems like something that needs to happen, because these events are happening time and time again.

I think that's fine if they wanna twerk- more power to them. But to let yourself be filmed at school doing this in very suggestive positions is a dangerous move to make. I'm surprised people still haven't figured out the power of people filming things and putting them on the internet.

I think that's a good approach as well. I saw that after I posted this, but I like that it seems to focus on the whole body and how it is functioning rather than zoning in exclusively on the weight.

I wholeheartedly agree that people of any size ought to receive compassionate care from their physicians. However, I have noted the frustration that a lot of overweight people share regarding the constant conversation of their weight when they go to see their doctor (re: Lindy's doctor bringing up her weight in a…

I have done the yogurt tampon thing other people are mentioning and it worked quite well for me. Only weird thing was when I went to chat with my roommate and her dog was sniffing me very intensely. I just acted like I had no idea why he was so into me all the sudden.

I came here to say that same thing. Good article!

Wow, I kinda forgot that this was a thing back in the day! That being said, I remember people taking it very, very seriously in my school.

Very true! Without proper preventative care and management of existing conditions, health care ends up being much more expensive than it needs to be because people wait until their conditions are more serious before they get them taken care of. I hope the ACA can help with some of these problems.

Love it.

I've always been curious as to what heroin would be like, but of course I have no desire to actually do it. This is a really interesting description of the effects. I wouldn't have guessed that it would feel so nice, but I suppose that's why people do it in the first place. The best feeling I ever experience was from…

I completely agree with you. The current private healthcare system we have (which thankfully is changing due to the Affordable Care Act, but still is far from perfect) is very messed up. It's all about doctors trying to maximize profits with unnecessary procedures and squeezing in more patients than they can…

I'm in North Carolina. I think here if you have insurance to stay in a mental hospital, you generally will get psychiatric care covered under that. But people definitely slipped through the cracks there too. They (the insurance companies) tried to keep people there the least amount of time possible to avoid paying a…

Mmm, I was in a public mental ward for a short time when I was younger and we definitely got a lot of group and individual therapy. But you're right, it was a lot like a jail in every other aspect.